The Carolinas have had many architects that might fit the bill, most have been mentioned already. Cobb did what many architects do and got very popular, took many jobs, and spread his projects all over the region (and his work suffered as a result). Many of his better known courses have been redesigned i.e. Quail Hollow in Charlotte, UNC Finley (which was originally a J.B. McGovern design), both ironically some of Fazio's first forays into the renovation business. Ellis Maples is definitely a good recommendation. Practiced under Ross and used many of his concepts/ principles including practicality. Though his bunkers are closer to MacKenzie's in terms of style and maintenance. We have recently restored two of his most respected layouts here in N.C. (Gaston C.C. in Gastonia and Cedarwood C.C. in Charlotte). But if you scan a list of courses in the Carolinas you see the same names over and over most of which focused on low cost, decent (if not uninspired), daily fee courses that your Average Joe could play relatively easily while drinking heavily. But there are also some gems out there that just don't get the huge publicity that the big name courses in the area get. Most of them connected to the Ross lineage.